Here are four Monday topics for you to start the week
First Quarter: College Basketball Part I
NCAA Final Four (New Orleans, March 31-April 2/Mercedes-Benz Superdome):
1: 4 Louisville Cardinals/West Regional Champs (30-9) v. 1 Kentucky Wildcats/South Regional Champs (36-2), 5:09 pm/CBS
2. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes/East Regional Champs (31-7) v. 2 Kansas Jayhawks/Midwest Regional Champs (31-6), 7:49 pm/CBS
NIT Final Four (New York, New York, March 27-29/Madison Square Garden)
3. 5 Massachusetts Minutemen (25-11) v. 3 Stanford Cardinal (24-11), 6 pm/ESPN2
4. 6 Minnesota Golden Gophers (22-14) v. 1 Washington Huskies (24-10), 8 pm/ESPN2
Second Quarter: College Basketball Part II (Women’s Elite 8 Match-Ups)
Monday Regional Finals (Des Moines/Fresno)
1. Des Moines, IA (Wells Fargo Arena): 2 Tennessee Volunteers (27-8) v. 1 Baylor Bears (37-0), 6 pm/ESPN
2. Fresno, CA (Save Mart Center): 2 Duke Blue Devils (27-5) v. 1 Stanford Cardinal (34-1), 8 pm/ESPN
Tuesday Regional Finals (Kingston/Raleigh)
3. Kingston, R.I. (Ryan Center): 2 Kentucky Wildcats (28-6) v. 1 Connecticut Huskies (32-4), 6 pm/ESPN
4. Raleigh, N.C. (RBC Center): 2 Maryland Terrapins (31-4) v. 1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (33-3), 8 pm/ESPN
Third Quarter: NHL
Your weekly look at the NHL playoff standings 03/26, X = Clinched Playoff Berth, Y = Clinched Division
East –
Last Week: 1. New York Rangers (95pts) 2. Boston Bruins (85pts) 3. Florida Panthers (83pts) 4. Pittsburgh Penguins (94pts) 5. Philadelphia Flyers (92pts) 6. New Jersey Devils (87pts) 7. Ottawa Senators (84pts) 8. Washington Capitals (78pts) Outside the Playoffs 9. Winnipeg Jets (76pts) 10. Buffalo Sabres (76pts) 11. Carolina Hurricanes (73pts) 12. Toronto Maple Leafs (72pts)
Today: X – 1 New York Rangers (101pts) 2. Boston Bruins (91pts) 3. Florida Panthers (87pts) X – 4. Pittsburgh Penguins (100pts) X – 5. Philadelphia Flyers (96pts) 6. New Jersey Devils (90pts) 7. Ottawa Senatos (86pts) 8. Washington Capitals (84pts) 9. Buffalo Sabres (84pts) 10. Winnipeg Jets (78pts)
West –
Last Week: 1. St. Louis Blues (100pts) 2. Vancouver Canucks (94pts) 3. Dallas Stars (83pts) 4. Nashville Predators (92pts) 5. Detroit Red Wings (92pts) 6. Chicago Blackhawks (88pts) 7. Phoenix Coyotes (83pts) 8. Colorado Avalanche (83pts) Outside the Playoffs 9. San Jose Sharks (82pts) 10. Los Angeles Kings (82pts) 11. Calgary Flames (81pts)
Today: X – 1. St. Louis Blues (103pts) XY – 2. Vancouver Canucks (99pts) 3. Dallas Stars (87pts) 4. Nashville Predators (96pts) 5. Detroit Red Wings (95pts) 6. Chicago Blackhawks (92pts) 7. Phoenix Coyotes (87pts) 8. Los Angeles Kings (86pts) 9. San Jose Sharks (86pts) 10. Colorado Avalanche (86pts) 11. Calgary Flames (83pts)
Complete NHL Standings
Fourth Quarter: NBA
NBA playoff standings as of today 3/26, X – Clinched Playoff Berth, Y – Clinched Division
East –
Last Week: 1. Chicago Bulls (37-10) 2. Miami Heat (33-11) 3. Orlando Magic (29-17) 4. Philadelphia 76ers (25-20) 5. Indiana Pacers (25-18) 6. Atlanta Hawks (26-19) 7. Boston Celtics (23-21) 8. New York Knicks (21-24) 9. Milwaukee Bucks (20-24) 10. Cleveland Cavaliers (16-26)
Today: X – 1. Chicago Bulls (40-10) 2. Miami Heat (35-12) 3. Orlando Magic (31-18) 4. Philadelphia 76ers (27-22) 5. Atlanta Hawks (30-20) 6. Indiana Pacers (28-19) 7. Boston Celtics (26-22) 8. New York Knicks (24-25) 9. Milwaukee Bucks (22-26) 10. Cleveland Cavaliers (17-29)
West –
Last Week – 1 Oklahoma City Thunder (34-10) 2. San Antonio Spurs (29-14) 3. Los Angeles Lakers (28-17) 4. Los Angeles Clippers (26-18) 5. Memphis Grizzlies (25-18) 6. Dallas Mavericks (26-20) 7. Denver Nuggets (25-20) 8. Houston Rockets (24-20) 9. Phoenix Suns (23-22) 10. Utah Jazz (23-22) 11. Minnesota Timberwolves (22-24) 12. Portland Trailblazers (21-24) 13. Golden State Warriors (18-24)
Today – 1 Oklahoma City Thunder (37-12) 2. San Antonio Spurs (33-14) 3. Los Angeles Lakers (30-19) 4. Los Angeles Clippers (27-21) 5. Dallas Mavericks (28-22) 6. Memphis Grizzlies (26-21) 7. Utah Jazz (26-23) 8. Houston Rockets (26-23) 9. Denver Nuggets (26-23) 10. Phoenix Suns (25-24) 11. Minnesota Timberwolves (24-26) 12. Portland Trailblazers (23-26) 13. Golden State Warriors (20-27)
Complete NBA Standings